False sleeve dressing aid



Nov. 29, 1955 A. J. H. PACKHAM 2,725,166

FALSE SLEEVE DRESSING AID Filed Sept. 8, 1953 Fig.3

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Alfred J H. Pack/ram IN V EN T 0R.

United States Patent FALSE SLEEVE DRESSING AID Alfred J. H. Packham, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Application September 8, 1953, Serial No. 379,017

1 Claim. (Cl. 223-111) This invention relates to a device for facilitating the dressing of babies, children and invalids not able to dress themselves, and consists essentially of a specifically designed false sleeve which is made rigid at the lower part, the material of the sleeve being any suitable woven, knitted or plastic material or combination of the same and having a specially designed hook near the top extremity which is located in a manner to avoid accidental hooking of other clothing when the false sleeve is withdrawn from the users arm.

A primary object of this invention is to enable those persons who dress children, invalids or the like, to do so without the present attendant difficulties and inconveniences, such as the raising of sleeves or other garments up the arm when putting another sleeved garment on top, the device avoiding the necessity of the dresser inserting with difficulty the thumb and forefinger up the sleeve of a pull-over or dress and the like to pull down the inner sleeve which has become gathered up on the childs arm when putting on a coat or the like.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view partially broken away showing the device in position on a childs arm;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the device alone, showing the top and bottom portions thereof broken away; and

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the assembly.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, reference numeral indicates generally a tubular or sleevelike member which may be formed of any suitable material and which is gathered at its lower end within a groove 12 in a threading or hand grip member 14 and retained therein as by the snap ring 16. The upper end of the tube or sleeve member 10 is cut on a diagonal to provide an uppermost peak portion 18 and a lowermost valley portion 20 in the manner shown. As seen most clearly in Figure l, the peak 18 is adaped to be folded under the sleeve portion such as to expose the hook assembly indicated generally by the reference character 22 such that the upper looped extremity 24 of this hook element may engage over the collar 26 of the garment which is to lie underneath an outer garment on the child or invalid being dressed.

It will be noted that the hook assembly 22 is generally S-shaped in configuration and at its lower extremity or hook portion 28 is adapted to be inserted through an opening 30 and hooked over an adjacent portion of the tube 10 in the manner shown, with an intermediate portion 32 of the hook assembly projecting outwardly through another aperture 34 in the tube 10 in the manner shown.

An elastic band 36 is snapped about the tube 10, the purpose of this construction being presently apparent.

It is well known that much difiiculty is encountered in dressing a young child or invalid when the problem arises of placing an outer garment such as a coat, sweater, or the like over an undergarment, such as a blouse, shirt or other similar article of clothing which has sleeves extending substantially the full extent of the arm. When it is desired to place such an outer garment on a child, it is merely necessary to insert the childs arm within the false sleeve or tube 10 and tuck under the peak 18 adjacent the childs collar 26 and hook the portion 24 thereover in the manner shown in Figure l. The elastic band 36 is snapped around the tube 10 substantially at the armpit of the child, and the coat is then placed on the child which is facilitated by threading the member 14 through the sleeve thereof. When the coat is properly positioned, the hook member 22 is released from the collar 26, and the hand grip portion 14 is manipulated to pull or withdraw the sleeve dressing aid assembly off a childs arm. Simultaneously, the peak 18 will be forced to assume the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, such that the hook 22 will overlie the same and will be prevented from snagging on a childs clothing, while at the same time, the elastic band will tend to collapse the tube into frictional engagement with the inner sleeve and will tend to pull and elongate the inner sleeve of the childs garment to properly position this inner sleeve with respect to the sleeve of the outer garment.

In this manner, it will be manifest that the dressing aid permits a child or invalid to be dressed with a minimum of effort, and is extremely convenient in use as well as economical in construction and design.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily Occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A dressing aid comprising an elongated tubular member of unitary flexible construction adapted to telescope over the arm and sleeve of a garment worn by a user, a longitudinally extending rigid guide member at one end of said tubular member, the other end of said tubular member having an inclined edge thereby forming a peak, a hook attached to said other end of the tubular member, said hook being longitudinally disposed and having a hook end, the hook end of said hook terminating inwardly of the outer end of the peak, the outer end of said peak adapted to be folded under said peak to expose the hook end of the hook for engagement with the collar of the garment worn by the user, said rigid guide forming a hand grip for removal of the tubular member after the sleeve of an outer garment has been telescoped over the tubular member, the outer end of said peak adapted to be unfolded to underlie the hooked end of the book when the tubular member is being removed thereby preventing engagement of the hooked end of the hook with the garment worn by the user.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 397,752 Ready Feb. 12, 1889 417,028 Horn Dec. 10, 1889 1,117,077 Mooney Nov. 10, 1914 2,244,871 Guinzburg June 10, 1941 

